I don't make promises I can't keep
Which is why I won't make promises ever
And when I write letters to those ex-girlfriends
That's going to be the header
With patchy beard and bushy eyebrows,
Staring,
Gives face to the laughter in my heart,
Lifeless,
With hues of deep blue and bright copper,
Emotions,
Expressed through artists hands intertwined over clay,
And given life through the gentle attentions of imagination.
“I began to understand that there were certain talkers–certain girls–whom people liked to listen to, not because of what they, the girls, had to say, but because of the delight they took in saying it. A delight in themselves, a shine on their faces, a conviction that whatever they were telling about was remarkable and that they themselves could not help but give pleasure. There might be other people–people like me–who didn’t concede this, but that was their loss. And people like me would never be the audience these girls were after, anyway.”
- Alice Munro, Too Much Happiness
I am looking to begin writing poetry based on photographs provided by you! If you would like to see a poem written for a photo of you, a loved one, a beautiful landscape, or even an inanimate object, submit them to me and I will do my best!